As the breach seal is neoprene (and a different size) what is the leather washer on the end of the cleaning rod for, or is it just a spacer?
Also can anyone tell me the transition date (or serial no.) from smooth to crackle finish.
Cheers
Always thought the leather washer was to protect either end of the barrel from damage if rod pushed in too far ?
Baz
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You could well be correct in your dating of the finish of blued action on lp53s.My extensive collection of said model extends to some 28 approx,i will have to count them to be certain of numbers.My first blued version is serial No. 003137 which is the first year of production 1953.The last blued version i own is a 1956 de-lux boxed version adjustable trigger serial No.17747.A 1957 de-lux boxed version with fitted barrel weight
adj. trigger. Serial number 21090.Has the fine crackle finish, so has serial number 21010 1957.So abit before the 24000 mark.
Roly.
Good Grief you are getting complicated now. Looking at some of mine i would say that the fine crackle finish is more or less the same from my 1956 to my 1974 model although a few have a slight pattern to the finish which looks very nice and over the years you would expect a slight variation in finish,so no transition between i would say. Roly.